TripAdvisor Reviews Baan Fai Guest House Chiang Mai

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... I decided to step a little out of my comfort zone, and challenge myself. Besides, I would be strapped in quite well, so my fears of heights and falling to my death were quelled. Although it was only three of us, me and a lovely cute couple from Germany, it was totally worth the journey and time. I had such a fun time! The dive up was quite trippy as I am still not used to left hand road driving. But the scenery was impeccable. Think of a jungle, ...

... at least). Tuesday dawned and we were up early to go to the floating market at Damnoen Sadoak floating market, a very interesting experience but less floating than I'd expected. The market was made up of lots of shop fronts lining canals rather than the stalls on boats I'd expected but still great to look around, and of course do some shopping and who can leave out having a photo taken holding a snake! It was (as ever) really hot and we were very ready ...

... free roam but there was always someone with them making sure they were not leaving the property or getting into mischief.

What were we to do that day. Learn about the elephants the county and how everything works, we were also there to have fun with the elephants bathe them and do a mud bath with them scrubbing them and to massage them and have fun. This was better than any other inhumane way a great way to learn more about such a beautiful ...

... with 450 dogs, a lot of puppies and even disabled dogs. Then we saw a glimpse of our first elephant and everyone on the bus got excited, obviously including Lauren. We stopped and got off the bus and walked over to the green plain where we were going to meet our first elephant. This elephant had a yellow flower in her ear (which she always does). Being in the open with these animals was a very weird feeling. We both just wanted to touch them but also felt ...